It is not clear at this moment if the explosions are related to political conflict, or the long-running separatist insurgency in the Malay-Muslim dominated southern border provinces of Thailand.

Since the coup, the junta, known as the National Council for Peace and Order, has clamped down on dissent and ramped up prosecutions under sedition and royal defamation laws.

But the army chief, Gen. Chalermchai Sittisart, said it appeared that Monday's explosion and two earlier blasts in recent weeks used similar explosive materials and were likely part of an attempt to disrupt the government.

The military has always played a prominent role in Thai life but since the coup it has become embedded in society.

An election is due by the end of next year.

On May 15, a small bomb went off near the National Theater in Bangkok's old quarter, wounding two people.

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